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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Experimental Investigation in Regard &C
Securing Wool at Fort Worth,
FORT WORTH. TEN. lime / 1857

Experimental Investigation in Regard TO
Securing Wool at Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH, TEN, June l, 1857.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
In considering the practicsbility of start
ing a business enterprise, the first ques-
ton that suggests itself is, will it pay?
As the writer has made some expert
mental Investigations in regard to scour-
ing wool at Fort Worth, he will submit
to those interested the following facts
and figures, in answer to the above:
Looking at this project from business
standpoint, we note first, that the flock
masters of Texas have proven to their
satisfaction that the Merino is the breed
of sheep best adapted 10 our grasses and
climate, hence we presume to assert
four ffths of The 30,O00,000 pounds OF
wool shipped annually from Texas is
what is termed in market fine and heavy
fine. Fine woods are those estimated to
shrink 90 TO so per cent; heavy fine from
90 to 10 per cent. Thus it is demonstra-
ted that we pay freight on every pound,
an embargo of two pounds of foreign
worthless substances thus we not only pay
commission on our woods sold east, but
also pay freight and commission of about
four cents per pound on this shrinksge
matter that proves total loss to shippers.
The writer two years ago purchased
from Mr.. E.. S. Easley of this county the
clip from his flock which is undoubtedly
one of the finest in Texas or out of Texas
as to that matter, the clip running very
even from fve-eights to three-q quarters
blood. At that time one of cur prominent
physicians foreseeing as an economic
matter of fact that Texas would have to
scour her wool and that Fort Worth had
the prerequisite advantage of the
water in every particular adapted
to the process, was furnished one pound
from this clip. The doctor returned the
secured sample next day, white as
middling cotton, entirely free from all
foreign matter with unexpected lgsser
and strength of the fiber unimpaiIed We
paid 2Oc for this clip and the EATinksss
was 62t per cent. Now let usmake ca
culations and see if it would have Spaid
to have secured this wool at home and
estimate the skrinkage at the fair average
of Texas woods Sc % per cent.
loo pounds Ct this wool secured in
Boston was then worth 20 cents
Cost in Fort Worth, 500 lbs, at zoe 500 90
Freight to Boston, commission, etc 90 90 90
Leaving for securing 1OOpounds.. s. %
The above was twelve months growth,
and as it may appear to some that fine
secured Texas is now quo:ed in the east
ern markets at 55@60c, it must be borne
in mind that these prices are on the fell
clip secured and beingnow thrown on the |
market. This class Of woods are usually
short and very brashy and sell from 121@ |
l5c per pound in Texas.
Some may ask why is it that our water |
Is superior for this purpose. The an
'wer IS simple. Those who know
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
Some Reasons Why Fort worth Should
Take the Lead
FORT WORTH. Ten. june l. IS,

| rake the Leau
FORT WORTH, Ten, June l, 1857.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
| That Fort Worth is an exception in re-
gard to her annual examinations need
prove no argument against the measure.
She may only be an example in this re-
spect, as she has been in many others.
Such position is consistent with her
enterprise. She has to solve the problem
| of On education adapted to her own pecu-
| liar needs, surroundings, and to the
genius Of her people. Honor be to her
| board of education that it is wise enough
to recognize this, and that her public
schools are not only nursery for the
growing youth, but at the same time q
training school for her teachers, that
these year by year may develop in haT-
mOnY with the city that is and toward the
ideal of the city that is 10 be.
When will it cease to be said, "Let US
have Il school equal to any in the south?"
Why not "let us have one equal to any in
American" Then, when we nave attained
this, if we can find any hing better in the
Old World, let US reach that also. Why
not? In order to dc this we must have
energetic, progressive teachers, and to
ENCQlG luS5G IuC UOdlu H15 UGN lEEOy
among other measures, g course of study,
yearly examinations and promotions to
those who have been faithful in work and
in study. Thus the earnest and ambitious
are stimulated, and the competent surely
have no ground for dread. Besides, it IS
q great advantage to teacher to be oc-
Casionaily placed in the position OF pupil.
Again, these examinations lead all to
MA ftlff
fessiOn, g fact that he's long needed rec
ignition, and the sooner it is compre-
hended and the mere occupations seeker
is driven to other fields, the better for
the future citizen.
Yet the most imperative demand for
these examinations remains to be stated.
II is obvious that fair degree of thor
oughness in scholarship is necessary in
the teacher. The fact of having been emil
ployed in the city schools only proves in
the majority of instances that the exam
nations have been relatively satisfactory
This may be seen from the examina-
tiOn papers filed in the superintendent
office. At no time have all attained that
percentage generally regarded as stan
da. d, but each year has shown q marked
improvement on the part Of some, and
these have been promoted according to
grade and school-room WORK where even
the opportunity has been afforded. When
scholarship and school-r9Om work have
failed to bear witness to the teachers en-
terprise, the application has been rejected, |
also when other things being equal, one
was from a distance and the other |
81 home, the latter has been accepted in |
preference to the former. These principles /
have governed the board in deciding the !
grave question, how shall we secure eff /
cient teachers2 The questions for ex-
are intended to be practical |
and progressive, but not unduly severe
nor too many. As stated above, to comb
petent teachers this proves no great
ordeal, while 1t is stimulus to all and
su may be proited. j. II. r.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

germs have only lived when they took
the slow and roundabout ways of travel.
The present danger to North America
would therefore seem the greater because
of the lack of constant communication
between the Spanish main, the South At
lantic coast, and the ports of the United
States. A bark of Thursday brings us the
news, brig of Sunday may fetch the
disease itself.
The season is very early. The orders
of the city administration TO clean the
streets, and punish citizens who throw
garbage on the pavement, comes none too
soon, and can be enforced without danger
of undue rigor. The dumping of refuse
into the lake is a growing practice, and
an overwhelming menace to the city's
safety from pestilence.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

TEE Louisville Times says: "In 1875
Fort Worth, Tex, was village of 1000
inhabitants and without railroad. Now
it is city of $4,000, with seven roads
and thirteen outlets by rail. 1t is the
most ambitious, pushing, audacious
town in the empire state of the south, and
no mean rival OF Kansas City, st. Louis
and New Orleans, all of which are striv-
ing for the Texas jobbing trade"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

THE line of the st. Louis, Arkansas
and Texas from GreenvllIe to Fort Worth
runs by Plano, When great trunk line
railroad deliberately elects to build thirty
two miles further west from Dallas, and
on line that leaves that town fourteen
miles to the south, it is pretty good evil
dence that in railroad opinion Fort Worth
offers connections unequalled at Dallas.
Fort Worth is the railroad center Of
Texas and stands between the great west
and all competitors.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

THE good people of the Hub" have
forgotten for the time their beans and
'literetoor" and are discussing the ex-
pense incurred by the entertainment
given Queen Kap. Some of the bills are
quite liberal. At one reception, one
hundred guests are said to have consumed
two hundred gallons of liquor. Flowers
cost $4,000 and the dusky Queens hotel
bill was $500. Some very demonstrative
objections are being made by the tax
PAYERS
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
Can We Digest Them?

I HIIauOIPIIItt 4 INuo'
The total number of immigrants that
arrived in this country during April is
officially placed at 73,I07. In l8S6 the
arrival during the same month numbered
40, 15S, showing an increase for this year
of 2S,949. These figures make probable
the statement that nearly 100000 for
eigners will be added to our popula-
ton during 1887. The United States has
strong digestion and great power of
assimilation Of foreign material, but is 1T
not just now overtsxing those powers
indiscreetly2 Most of the new arrivals
belong to the laboring class, yet few
labor agitators seem to see in the influx
Of competitors of the laborers already
here any serious ground for uneasiness.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

OUR Tyler contemporaries should not
be too hasty. In The GAzETTE's write
up of counties tributary to Fort Worth,
the names of such counties were taken
from the books OF wholesale merchants
in Fort Worth. II is no discredit to Tyler
that Foft Worth sells goods in Smith
county, for even Bexsr and Dallas com
ties are to be found on the books of Fort
Worth merchants Fort Worth is a me-
tropolis and the railroad center of Texas.
1t was not gall to include Smith
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

JUST why Dallas wants to parallel the
Texas Pacific to Fort Worth is one of the
conundrums Of the day. The T. P. has
ever been friendly to Dallas and can put
on all the trains necessary for the people
of Dallas who may wish to visit, the me-
tropolis. what's in the wind? In what
has the T. P. offended Dsllas-in what
does the road threaten to offend Dallas,
for which place the road has done SO
much in the past?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

ping its wings to crow over It's map, Dallas
stuck gatlle under Its wing and the crow was
changed into a squawk. In fact, 1t looks Ike
the Fort was hacked Dallas Times.
An honest confession is good for the
soul. So, it wasn't in honor of the edi-
tors that Dallas invited them to call in,
but they were to be made party to Dal-
las envy of Fort Worth. The editors of
Texas ought to have been told this last
week
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

BISHOP MORRIS says: "Wait patiently,
my dear children, through the whole
period of your girIhood. Go not after
womanhood; let It come to you" This
may be excellent advice for girls, but it
will not do for young men. The young
man who neglects to ego after womsn-
hood" at the proper time will go down in
sorrow to the grave wearing crown of
bachelors thorns.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

UNCLE DAN'L ought not to confront his breth-
rem of the Texas press with the ghosts Of their
past utterances. Because he steers his politi-
cal craft by the Jetfersonian chart, and never
waivers from the pole star of old fashioned De-
mocracy, is no reason why the young and giddy
may not be allowed more latitude.-TWaco
Day.
Especially when those "past utter
ances," SO called, are "utterances" by
telegraph or extracts from other papers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

THE GAZETTE reprinted an article from
another newspaper last January, and now
the Houston Age copies the article and
calls 1t an "utterance" of THE GAZETTE.
In this way every newspaper in the land
could be convicted of any sort of incon-
sistency. Uncle Danl is very smooth
in his old age.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

WHEN Sherman said that one of the
virtues of the Republican party was that
it always placed old soldiers in the front
he did not boost his own or Blaine's
chances tor the presidency.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

Mr.. SAM EVANS is one of the men to
nelp in this wool-scouring project. The
erection Of such works in Fort Worth
would mean good to every sheep owner
in Tarrant county and prove the initial
step towards the erection of wooden
mill. What say you, Mr.. Evans?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

PRIVATE DALzELL has come to the
front once more. He sent an interview
with himself to Louisville paper, and
the cruel, cold, stony-hearted editor
would not publish it as weird and won
derful pickup" of it's own correspond
ent, but "gave the whole thing away by
saying that the private had written it
himself
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
Double Ended.
Waco Day.

When the Texas editors visited Dallas
the other day they were right royalty en-
tertained at his residence by Hon. Bar
nett Gibbs, who provided two reception
rooms for his guests-one for the pros
and the other for the ants. We draw the
curtain on this scene of private hilarity,
but hope the pros had something better
than feast of micrococci and a flow of
Dallas water.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

As SOON as Gaines reached Paris on
his return from the press convention the
News came out with its railroad map up
side down. Dallas ought to get better
water and not ruin the appearance of a
friendly public press.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

FORT WORTH in 1884 was marching
straight to the front, and in 1884 the live
stock ira de of the west was conferred
here. That great industry is now hope
full, and still seeks Fort Worth. Ample
stock yard facilities will permanently To-
cate it here and with such means to han
die the trade, Fort Worth need have no
fear of ever losing it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
FARMERS AWAKENING.

President Barrett of the Minnesota
State Farmers Alliance has blunt, plain
way of putting things. In q letter to the
interstate commerce committee Presi-
dent Barrett says that such business as
can be sustained only by the suspension
of the "fourth section" ought not to be
sustained at all. He urges that the bust
ness Of the country should be left to nat
ural laws. This is sensible view Of the
matter, and now that the farmers are be-
ginning to organize and become power
in the land, many of the absurdities
which have been engrsfted upon the
statutes Of the country to "foster infant
industries" will be swept away. The
farmer has long been sufferer. Unjust
legislation has robbed him annually, and
his patience has encouraged our law
makers to regard him as an inconsequen-
tial factor in the politics of the country.
He will be heard in the future.
He is beginning to realize his
strength, and politicians willinot be long
in discovering that the last ditch has been
reached and that the next movement the
farmer makes will be to advance on the
enemy. When the farmer becomes prop
erly aroused tariff ebsurdities and dis
ordinations in favor of monopolies will
cease to exist.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

THE decrease in the public debt for
May was sIO,OOO,OOO. Democracy not
only brings a boom to the south, but
blesses the whole country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

HENRY IRVING has written criticism
on NJ. Cloquelin's "Actors and Acting
in which ne demonstrates the fact that he
can WELD sturdy pen when he sets
himself to it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

GENERAL FERRoN who has succeeded
Boulanger as minister of war proposes
to keep on in the good work of worrying
Germany.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

FRANCE owes nearly 81 to Uncle Sans
81. If France keeps on, the annual
wealth product of the nstion will just
about pay the interest.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
earss OF Advertising Furnished on Application

RensittaHceS by draft, postofTce money order or
q registered letter, at risk Of office,
Correspondence IS solicited upon all ne70S sub
jectS.
Prompt Information Of events and TletCS happen
isgs of general interest solicited and ICiH be prop
egly compensated
Al communications intended for publication
must be accompanied by the tO1iteT's name and Gd
ireSs-IIOt for publicGtion-6m as an eviderce Of
good faith
Parties Icriting TO THE GAZETTE on business
ersodl to Themselves tCiH please incEose stamp for
sply
Al letters or communications for THE GAZETTE
sohetter on business or for publication shottld be
addressed to THE GAZETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING Co, Fort Worth, Ter., AND NOT TO
INDIVIDUALS.
AH checks, money orders, postal notes, etc,
should be made payable TO the DEMOCRAT PUB
FISHING co,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

county, but simple truth demanded that
THE GAZETTE should advertise the splen-
did county of which Tyler is the progress
sive capital.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
PROFESSIONALS. -
SPECIAL NOTICES.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

There will be special meeting of the St5cs
holders of the Fort Worth and Denver LlJ
Railway Company, neld at the city Of For.
Worth, Tex, on the 22d day of June, 1851 at the
compaGy's sfice In said city, commencinS ~ lJ
O'CLOCK on said day, for the transaction of sLCl
business IS my come before Il, Including
proposition TO ratifv the contract dated the Ij--
day of February, 1857, and the supplement
thereto, between this company and the Denver
Texas and Gulf Railroad company and The
Denver, Texas and sort Worth Railroad Con-
pany IN relation TO the cOnsHucti05tahd opera
lion of said railroads IN q eefnM eg- In tercs!
fand management; and for authorizing On IL
crease OF the authorized capita
stock OF ~tllfs company s20O0j,JeyI
making total authorized capital 0,
S3nD90 G0, and autnOriZ ny IN exchange Of
stock for the purpose of carrying out the pr9-
visions and purpose of said contract, and tgI
the purpose Of taking suoa steps as the STOCK
holders may q wise In order to secure the con,
I'll uction or construction and operation OF sals
railroads from Fort Worth 10 Denver in com-
mon interest and mana ement.
. The Transfer Books Of the company will close
on Wednesday, April 3D. st O'Clock p. N, ana
VIII re. open Saturday, June -, at 10 o'c4ocA
a. m.
meeting of the Board of Directors viii be
held at the office of the company in Fort WORTH
Tex, on Tuesday, June 21st, at i q. m
W. a. Ross, Secretary
Fort Worth, Tex, april u, 1851.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
FOR s4LE-LIyE STOCK.

NOR SALE-Sevenly head Of mares: dfJee1
L hands high mostly bays, blacks, browns
and dapple grays,- with thirty five young colt.
by side; price, SI5 per head. Two impdrtsf-
Glide sdalG stations. weight l5g0s-gaHi '1Ffl
pounds, bay and dark pppwn, Pr1ee $500 eacn;
very cheap. over GfiY head of above mares arc
now in fJal hy,safd stations. Twenty head Of
gQoRi6nnets, TIN ee of which have colts, ten OF
|t*elye more 10 colt vet. price $50 per mead
Three year old Jack, black rs q coal good bone
We'll built, weight $50 pounds, price $500; total
$3.50. Time Will be given # wanted with g001
reai estate security ~ i per cent. Interest.
Good showing for one with goo pasture. tive
per cent WAL be paid 90 any sgent efec-irg
sale. Address, q. W. Wilderman, j07 Main
street, Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

THE principal feature of mining at
present seems to be the digging out of
entombed miners.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

FRANCE has secured q ministry and is
now looking around for crisis.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

NASHVILLE is entertaining the Saliva
ton Army just now. Poor Nashville!
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

DR.. 81. T. Peck, professor Of Ladfd7 "a d
Greek in Columbis College, is barely
thirty Zeers OF age.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

AL persons seeking employment 1ohO cannot If
ford TO pay may GdUertiSe IN this column for stu
lions free Of charge.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

He now NOODLES aImlessly arUunu Win
his leg in sling and his shiny mead bowed
dnun-a SOLEMN warning to all old men
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
In at the Death.

Gladstone is old, but tyranny is older
and tyranny is going to die first.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

Weatherford; NJ t sprees. New Orleans; Geo
j Bartram, Dallas; G II Pratt and Iady'
S,,neoIa. p Mallory Fort sill, | T; J Cooney,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
ZEAL RsTApE AGENTS.
g. sssnCut.l..2HNuUs.

SJIYIAg 8 ltY foasfIj, general Iand and co..
: -eosidn Sgents io1 che Panhandle 81
psKae. TRacnsa. WoE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

nan of suU Uv4I44-.-.~~
tEould see the railroad
MD come hack Snd
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
THE GAZETTE has the Largest
s0na-fide Circulation of any Daily
RWsDspeF Published in Texas

THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 2.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

SAID he was fully in accord with the
meeting and the movement, and. that 1t
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02


no AmYlonis Lime or Alum. Dr.. Prices E&tr@S's
Vanilla, Lemon, Orange etc. fA''I
aaic- rssl16- p1nl2E7 c1 Czicsra. z27 81 Lzls.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

I, PrtcklE Asst Bitsess is an uufailiqg cure
for ssEtFdfsease5 originsting iREzBiliary
derange eng caused Dy Athe Raiaria of
uibSAm attic e6nntries .sStsS othsr mediciue
DON on sale will SO sfeet1dIy remove
the disturbing elements, and atfhe same
time tone up the whole systeuts 1t is sure
and safe in is action. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

CEU. w assorted song ard fnstramsn.lN
b@und In BOOK forms for ~ CENTS, postage
PREPAID ,so~a any part Ct the United States
.{postsge alone on these books is j. cents
Reason for this reduction, retiring from BUSH
ness. Address Max Elser, Fort Worth, Tex.
NOR SALE-A Gormully IS JetfEi6a Is u 9Ficaa
L safety bicycle. LstsSS approved. Can be
seen az q. +. ISlAess7 c,srner Fourth and Hons.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
FOR RENT-D yELLINGs.

NOR RENT-0ne = i "a tRc-story residenc,
Il suitable for q; boarding house See j. P
Taylor, at Fort Worth Grocer Co
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02

Ef0R SALE--400 steers, ones, twos AMI rees
4 Write soon or Call Oh JEFF Justice, Ireiel.
Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-02
PERSONAL.


LNOR RENT-Germanlsh hall, Tor balls para.
Il public Speaking or other reputable NEE
ings, Apply 20 III. Steinfeldt, Third and Throri
morton streets.
DOR RENT-New furnished roeHIFlsaatNs,,
II exposure. In one block Of 90 stoffce An
ply at 606 CAIhonn street Mrs. j. q. Faxes.